Eckman's career began when he started making sketch videos for the
Derrick Comedy group along with fellow members
Donald Glover,
Dominic Dierkes,
DC Pierson, and Meggie McFadden. His NYU undergraduate thesis film,
CHECKOUT, won several awards, including Best College Short at the 2006 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in
Aspen. Before making
Mystery Team, Eckman was the video production director for
Blue Man Group, where his work was seen on the 57th Primetime
Emmy Awards, the 2005
Billboard Music Awards, on
PBS, at
Universal Orlando and in the
Boston Children's Museum, among others. and the video for his single "Bonfire". In 2011, Eckman directed the thirteenth episode of the
third season of
Community. ==Personal life==